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what website is this? sounds cool <{POST_SNAPBACK}> http://www.419eater.com/ Lol, a personal favorite of mine. -George

lol, umm..... yeah. I guess not everyone can count backwards, lol. -George

Ok ..... so with all the settings on high the CS:S stress test was running 24.31FPS, OC'ing the vid card to 335 and 475(core and mem respectively) raised it to 28.41 FPS. OC'ing the cpu didn't make a difference. Because of these results I decided to just grab a Vid card and see what would happen(from staples for I could return it within 30 days with no questions asked). Holy ****!!! I got the BFG Geforce 6600GT OC. ..... First shot, same settings .... 63.13FPS :D:D:D I'm not going to bother with anything else. Just the vid card works fine for me. Thanks for all the words of wisdom. -George

I buy stuff from a local place called Summit Direct. They're prices can be a little high at times, but overall, the service is worth the extra 5$ here and there. Those prices are all in Canadian too though. If Summit's prices are too high on something, I have another place called Wintronic Computers that is usually a bit cheaper, but they seem to be johnsons most of the time. -George

Well, it's christmas, so as little $$ as possible, lol. My PSU is good, I just got the Antec Sonata 2 case. It comes with a 450W "Smart power 2.0" psu. It should handle lots. The guy at the store claimed the old Sonata with a 380W psu would have no problems with the system I wanted to build. I don't want to buy a VC first because when I do get a new mobo I'll be going PCI-E. Right now I'm using AGP, which means that if I get a new mobo(AMD style) I won't be able to use the current VC. And if I get a VC now, it'll be AGP and I won't be able to use it when I do get a new mobo, lol. So I'll have to do it all at once. The P4P800 I was looking at is around $140.(Probably around 100 tomorrow) If I go AMD, I'm not going to want to have to upgrade for a little while at least. The CPU would be a little under $200(64 3200), and the mobo would be around $170(A8N-E I think it was), then the VC is $240(although I can get it for about $210). I'm looking at over $600 by the time you put the taxes on, ouch. Can't do that right now unless there's some CRAZY deals tomorrow. Bah, stupid stuff costing money, haha.. What do you guys reccomend? Suffer for a while and upgrade all at once later? Grab a better mobo to utilize what I have?(with this route, I could grab the 6600GT in agp format) Is there anything else I can do to maximize what I have? Thanks again all! -George

The plan was to get an Athlon 64 3200+ and a Gefroce 6600GT, but like I said, I can't build a whole new comp right now. I also don't want to buy a new IDE HD, I'd much racher wait until I have a Mobo with SATA. The P4P800 is supposed to have Sata, but the pic on the asus site doesn't look like it. I was told not to bother with a new Vic card by the guys at the store I buy my stuff from. They said the mobo wouldn't be able to do any better then it can with this one. Any truth to this? Thanks -George Merry Christmas!!

Ok some background first. I bought this comp in july mainly for photo manipulation, not really planning on gaming with it. At that point I didn't know that much about hardware, I just kind of went to the store with a friend and asked what would work(I did build the comp myself however). After getting into gaming a bit, I wanted more then the onboard video could offer(duh!) so I ended up getting a Gigabyte FX5500 (I didn't realize at that point that you truly get what you pay for). Now I've been into CS:S for about a month and I want more, lol. Current setup: Asus P4GE-MX Celeron D 2.6Gb 533FSB(S478) GIgabyte Geforce FX5500 256mb 1Gb stick of DDR400 512mb stick of DDR400 Also running a SB Audigy 2 And if it matters, a crappy samsung 7200rpm 2mb cache 80Gb HD Now, I was looking at building a whole new comp but alas, the wallet will not allow it at this point. So I decided to go out and grab a better case(the old one sucked!). I got an Antec Sonata 2 .... I love it. The only problem is what I realized while I had everything apart...... The Mobo only supports AGP 4X Boooo.... It gets worse..... It only supports pc2700 ram Boooo. At this point I can afford a new Mobo, it's not that big a deal. I cannot however get a new cpu with it. So, will something like the P4P800-E Deluxe still let me use my current CPU? It supports 533 and 800 fsb, and it is s478. AND it has AGP 8X. AND it can take DDR400. My system will currently averages about 40fps on the stress test (I can get it up to 44 with the VC overclocked). While playing I seem to hover around 30fps most of the time, it can drop to ~18 in heavy firefights, and runs 40-50 in "stress free" areas. I don't think it's ever gotten up past 60 in gameplay, if it has, then only for a second or two. If this Mobo will work, what results could I expect from it? Thanks for the patience with my questions! I'm still learning. -George

Awsome, that's the kind of thing I was looking for Thanks for the help guys! (To those who PM'd me options as well). -George

Hey all, Time to upgrade and I need to sell the current computer in order to do so. Stats: Asus P4Ge-MX Mobo Intel Celeron D 2.6Ghz S478 533Mhz FSB 1Gig DDR400 512Meg DDR400 80Gb 7200rpm HD(not 8mb cache) Keyboard and mouse, logitech access duo I think? Optical mouse anyway GigaByte Geforce FX5500 256mb DDR vid card D-Link DWL-G510 wireless card Pioneer 16x DVD burner, can burn dual layer Floppy, wooo! Standard Beige Elite Mid sized tower, two front USB ports. LG 17" Flat screen CRT T710BH Nothing Incredible, but it gets the job done. Runs ~40fps on the CS:S stress test. Comes with no O/S, I'll format it before I hand it over. I'd like to get $800Cdn for it, but shoot me offers if you've got em. I'd prefer pickup, but shipping could be arranged at your cost. Thanks! -George

Hey guys. I'm going to be changing computers soon. What's the easiet way to keep all my old emails/contacts for the new system? Is there a way to just back it all up into one big file I can then load onto the new computer? Oh, yeah, I'm using Outlook Express. Thanks! -George

Time for a flamewar!!! "Running an AMD are we?" -George

Heh, thanks! I paint it with tremclad rattle cans! ....best part of all, , it has a 2L ABA tall block from a 97 Jetta, G-Grind cam, Dual Outlet manifold, TT race DP w/no cat, full poly motor mounts AND runs 16.3 on the quater with a measley ~100whp. Hahaha, I love my poopbox. Oh, and gives me 43mpg on the highway -George

haha, that's great. Up to $40 so far, lol.

This is my baby. Cost me a whopping $100Cdn, lol. She's got 539000kms on the clock and still kickin butt. And now I'm rockin the oldskool louvers haha (forgive the filth) -George